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It was quite a year. I had shot up and was the tallest blonde in the team (Coenie Meyer was the only other one!), but our real strength lay in an outstanding flyhalf called De Wet Ras and great teamwork. We were coached by a tennis champ called Bruce who inspired us to give our all. We beat all-comers and moved on to play against bigger teams. We drew one game against Bethlehem Voortrekker (our "winning" De Wet Ras drop kick sailing high directly above the right upright, so the ref did not award it). We beat them in a re-match.
We were the Harrismith under 13 team of 1967, playing in bright orange, looking for all the world like mangos complete with little green leaves on top and some black spots below.!
At the end of the season we were unbeaten and happy.
But then we read in The Friend of Bloemfontein:
Free State u/13 Champs: 140 points for and 0 against!
And they weren't talking about us – it was an u/13 team from Virginia. We thought: Free State Champs? Like Hell! Bruce phoned them and challenged them to come and play us. "No, we're Free State Champs", they said, "Can't you read? You'll have to come to us!"
Off we went to Virginia in Bruce's white Cortina and Giel's black Mercedes 190. There we watched their second team play Saaiplaas, a little mining village team. We cheered Saaiplaas on and exhorted them to victory! They beat the Virginia 2nds 3-0, their first defeat. I can still hear our hooker Skottie Meyer shouting mockingly (he was full of nonsense like that!) "Thlaaiplaath!! Thlaiplaath!!"
Our turn next and the Saaiplaas boys did their best to be heard above the din of the enthusiastic local supporters. It was a tight match but we had the edge, our left wing Krugertjie being stopped inches from the left corner flag and our right wing Krugertjie being pulled down inches from the right corner flag (identical twins). The difference at the final whistle was a De Wet Ras drop goal from near the halfway line. 3-0 to us to complete a bad day for ex-Free State Champs Virginia.
What's Next?
Now Bruce Humphries had the Free State's biggest fish in his sights: Grey College Bloemfontein. No, they didn't really think they'd want to play us and anyway they were off on a tour to Natal that week. "Well", said Bruce "You can't get back from Natal without passing through Harrismith, and you wouldn't really sneak past us would you?"
So the game was on. That day the pawiljoen at the park was packed with our enthusiastic supporters and cars ringed the field. Our followers' numbers had grown as the season progressed and excitement at our unbeaten tag increased. Another tough game ensued, but a try just left of the posts by the tallest blonde in our team was the difference: We beat them 8-3, all the other points being scored by our points machine and tactical general De Wet!
What a year!
see: Not that Generaal De Wet.
Beating the Rest
When it came to selecting an Eastern Free State team, the other schools introduced a twist: Not only did you have to be under 13, you also had to be in primary school! This excluded a few of our boys so we only had about four of our team chosen. So we challenged them to a game. Told them it would do them good to have a warm-up game against the rest of us before they went to Bloem to play in a tournament. Having been chosen as reserve, I was lucky: I could play for "us"! Plus we 'innocently' added Gabba Coetzee at 8th man to boost our depleted team. With their permission. He was just too old to actually be u/13. He was a machine of an eighthman!
Ho Hum! 17-0
L-R: Bruce Humphries (coach)and Ben Marais (coach)
Dana Moore, Attie Labuschagne, Leon Fluffy Crawley, De Wet Ras, Redge Jelliman, Skottie Meyer, Conradie, Hansie, Irené Tuffy Joubert, Coenie Meyer, Peter Koos Swanepoel, Kruger, Kobus Odendaal, Kruger, Max Wessels
– Wonder what that trophy is that De Wet is holding?
We got word that Bruce Humphries passed away in about 2011. Go Well Sir! We'll never forget that 1967 rugby season.


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A quarter of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have no knowledge of the UK's super-fast broadband rollout.
The coalition government has committed at least £680 million of public money to the project, aiming to ensure 90 per cent of the population has access to super-fast speeds by 2015.
But according to research conducted by AXA Business Insurance, many business owners have not been taking notice.
This is despite SMEs being among the greatest potential beneficiaries of faster broadband, in light of the UK's growing online economy.
Darrell Sansom, managing director of AXA Business Insurance, said that although the number of SMEs in the UK continues to climb rapidly, many could be missing opportunities to help their business along the way.
He said there is a lack of awareness among SMEs of the help that may be available to them.
"We would urge government to ensure that the various support schemes that have been created for SMEs receive the commensurate degree of promotion and awareness to support what is the heart of British Business," Mr Sansom stated.

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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-5486?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12568029#action_12568029 ] Egor Pasko commented on HARMONY-5486: ------------------------------------- what is LEA? :) BTW, if we move instructions, we need tau operands hmm, do not understand the benefit of moving this actual instruction out of loops, other instructions can be moved with the same benefits :) And I guess you have lots of ideas how to optimize it in High-Level, because otherwise we do not need it in HLO :) one more note: "alloca" is not a descriptive mnemonic, could you, please, rename it to something like "stackalloc"? > [drlvm][jit][opt] On-stack allocation feature > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HARMONY-5486 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-5486 > Project: Harmony > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: DRLVM > Environment: All > Reporter: Evgueni Brevnov > Attachments: alloca.patch > > > Here is a new feature which allows to allocate space on the stack. It can be used to implement new optimization. Non-escaped objects can be allocated on the stack but managed heap. > Thanks > Evgueni -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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The year is almost over, where did the time go? I know it is such a cliché thing to say, but I really feel like this year has gone by so fast, yet there has happened so many things! 2014 has been a year where there been going so many things on in my life - some good things and some bad. But to look back at the year I thought I would focus on the good things rather on the bad ones. I therefore thought I would make a list of some of the good things I have experienced in 2014, just to remember that is was a good year. What are some on your favourite things that have happened for you this year?
I have gathered some of the highlights of my year so I can look back and remember 2014 as the year where I…
❈ Started my blog. A thing I have wanted to do for so long, but this year I finally got my self together to actually start one.
❈ Saw One Direction perform, something I have wanted to do for ages and it was the best night and concert ever! *fangirl moment*
❈ Graduated High School. Which I something I have looked forward to do ever since I started High School three years ago, so that was really a big thing!
❈Started my gap-year with a four month stay to a Folk High School (Danish thing), where I lived on a sort of boarding school together with bunch of nice people. I learned a lot about filmmaking and got some new great friends.
❈ Went to Los Angeles to stay in Hollywood for two weeks with my filmmaking team from the Folk High School where I; was audience for some talk shows, saw the Hollywood sign, Went on Venice Beach and filmed a short-film on some of Universals film-sets.
❈ Saw Ed Sheeran perform, another thing I have waited to do for so long and then it finally happened.
❈Got my first real job in a nursery!
What have been some of your highlights form 2014? Let me know in the comments!
Love, Charlie


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will nominate the U.S. Marine Corps' top general, Joseph Dunford, to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday, a White House official said.
In a formal announcement, Obama will also nominate General Paul Selva, currently the commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, as the vice chairman, the official said.
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Report 2010-105 Recommendation 4 Responses
Report 2010-105: University of California: Although the University Maintains Extensive Financial Records, It Should Provide Additional Information to Improve Public Understanding of Its Operations (Release Date: July 2011)
Recommendation #4 To: University of California
To help improve accountability in the university's budget process, and to help minimize the risk of unfair damage to its reputation, the university should take additional steps to increase the transparency of its budget process. Specifically, the Office of the President should continue its efforts to increase the transparency of its budget process beyond campus administrators to all stakeholders, including students, faculty, and the general public. For example, the Office of the President could make information related to its annual campus budget amounts, such as annual campus budget letters and related attachments, available on its Web site.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2012
The University has long provided extensive budgetary information that is accessible to students, faculty, and the general public. More recently, the University has expanded online links to ensure easy access to the wide variety of budgetary and other information that is available on the University.
The University has created a website accessed directly from the University's Office of the President home page that serves as a portal to extensive budgetary information. The site -- http://budget.universityofcalifornia.edu/ -- provides easy links to the Budget for Current Operations (http://budget.universityofcalifornia.edu/files/2011/11/2012-13_budget.pdf); a Budget Basics site that provides basic facts about the UC budget; sites with information on financial aid and tuition and fees; overview charts depicting UC's principal sources of funds and expenditures of core funds; and a Myths and Facts site that addresses a number of widely-held misconceptions about the UC budget. The portal also provides a direct link to the UC Office of Budget and Capital Resources website (http://budget.ucop.edu/). The Budget and Capital Resources site offers readily identifiable links to current and previous budgets for current operations and capital improvements. The operating and capital budget documents include a summary of each year's budget request to the State, as well as detailed information on every major area of the University's budget and appendices presenting UC's annual income and expenditures, historical information on expenditures by fund category, enrollments, and mandatory student charge levels (by category of student). The document includes a detailed Table of Contents and index for easy reference. The Budget and Capital Resources website also provides clearly labeled links to major budget presentations, including all budget-related presentations given to the Board of Regents, current and past reports submitted to the State legislature, and news updates on developments on the State and UC budgets.
The University's Reporting Transparency website represents another major easily-accessed portal to a great deal of additional budgetary and financial information that may be of interest to UC stakeholders and the general public. Among the 22 websites linked from this portal at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/reportingtransparency/ -- are links to the University's actuarial audit reports, various sites related to operating and capital improvement budgets, compensation reports, and a number of financial reports (including the University's consolidated audited financial reports, reports on benefit plans, bonds, endowments, private support from campus foundations, revenue and expense trends, and the Treasurer's Office investments). The site also provides links to extensive statistical summaries on UC students and staff and student admissions.
The Reporting Transparency site also links to the University's annual Accountability Report (http://accountability.universityofcalifornia.edu/) . This expansive report presents detailed data on statistical indicators over time related to many facets of the University enterprise. These indicators track data related to enrollment and budget, undergraduate student admissions, graduate academic and professional degree students, affordability, faculty and other academic employees, staff, institutional diversity, research activity, health sciences and services, teaching and learning (metrics related to quality of the academic program), research, health sciences and services, private giving, the capital improvements program and sustainability, and UC rankings.
With respect to making information such as annual allocation letters publicly accessible on the web, the University regards this statement as a possible suggestion, rather than a strict recommendation, and does not intend to post allocation letters on the web. The allocation letters represent incremental changes to campus budgets for only those programs affected by change in that particular year. As such, the letters provide a thoroughly incomplete and misleading picture of the funding for any given program. Rather than advancing transparency, these letters would be highly misunderstood by the general public and create an enormous additional workload for budget offices throughout the system as they tried to explain what everything in the allocation letters means. So many materials are now available on the web and elsewhere that give a far more complete picture of how funds are expended and, we believe, provide a far more comprehensive and understandable view of the University's budget.
- Completion Date: October 2012
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
All Recommendations in 2010-105
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This blog would not exist without the book The Quiet Fan - a football memoir that recounts the quirks of growing up in the 1970s and 80s as a fan of both Lincoln City (by geography) and Scotland (by blood). It also examines not only why football is so important to so many of us, but how we can watch and enjoy it in a more sane, less furious fashion.
The Quiet Fan is already written, but awaits publication at the crowd-funding publisher Unbound. In short, if enough people want to read it (and therefore pledge to buy it), then the book will appear in print. So if you like what you read here - the content is exclusive to this blog - then you will certainly like the book too. Just to be sure, you can read an excerpt here and buy a limited edition hardback copy to ensure that "this fast, funny, emotive memoir" (publisher's blurb) reaches a world beyond my computer's hard drive.
Thank you very much in advance for your support.
Previous books: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Fiction - 12 football short stories, 10 miscellaneous)
"A fine read. Plenderleith creates a bittersweet world [where] football can bring joy, misery and bewilderment in the same story." The Sunday Times
Rock n Roll Soccer: The Short Life and Fast Times of the North American Soccer League
"A compendious but vividly entertaining history of the League." Independent on Sunday (Book of the Week)
"Written with a raffish exuberance worthy of its subject." Times Literary Supplement


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Data Protection in the Practical Context – Strategies and Techniques provides a detailed study of the law, practice and policy of personal data protection law in Singapore. As the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") that was adopted in April 2016 included provisions implementing a formidable extended jurisdictional reach, this book also provides practical coverage of the GDPR and gives clarity to the key provisions. Including an extensive exposition on Big Data and the Internet of Things and their inter-relationship with cybersecurity, this book is an essential tool for anyone who has to deal with personal data protection matters, ranging from the practitioner, to the in-house counsel and all businesses.
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Date of Publication: May 2017
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The adoption of the Personal Data Protection Act has transformed the legal regime for data protection in Singapore. This book explains the history and evolution of data protection in Singapore, highlights issues that will need to be worked out in practice as the new law is implemented and derives lessons that may be taken from other countries in the region and beyond. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners in the field, the book will be of interest to the academic, legal and business communities. Key questions considered in the book include how to reconcile notions of privacy in an information age, and how national laws can regulate an increasingly interconnected world.
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First off, touch screen applications have been the crazy of the modern millennium, and for good reason. They allow easy access to applications, and they allow others to communicate, even from long distances. I don't know a place where someone just takes away an iPad after an hour, but if you do, please respond to me correctly below. Touchscreen devices have been recorded to damage eyesight, but that is after prolonged use, and I am not saying that people should use touchscreen devices such as an iPad for prolonged periods of time. However, you should defiantly carry something such as an iPad or another touchscreen device around with you, as that it allows for easy communication between others, and makes life a lot easier.
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Besides having a good taste and are also suitable for use as a supplement or a mixture of various foods and beverages, is the appeal of other honey is because the properties were great. From the first honey is known as having a high content of vitamins for the body. This honey has exceptional properties much so that many people who use honey as a natural medicine to treat or prevent certain diseases. Things like this is not a secret anymore. Much of the information we get is stated that honey is a material that has a myriad of benefits. Then, whatever the substance or vitamins contained in this honey?
Vitamin and Other Substances in HoneyHoney is known since antiquity as an efficacious drug for curing danmencegah arrival of various diseases. Honey is usually combined with other ingredients to create a potion that is efficacious for health. Some of the content contained in honey include:
- Carbohydrates: 82.4 gm
- Sugar: 82.12 gm
- Dietary fiber: 0.2 gm
- Protein: 0.3 gm
- Water: 17.10 gm
- Riboflavin or vitamin B2: 0,038 mg
- Niacin, or vitamin B3: 0.121 mg
- Calcium: 6 mg
- Iron: 0.42 mg
- Pantothenic acid or vitamin B5: 0.068 mg
- Vitamin B6: 0,024 mg
- Folate or vitamin B9 as much as 2 ug
- Vitamin C: 0.5 mg
- Magnesium: 2 mg
- Phosphorus: 4 mg
- Potassium: 52 mg
- Sodium: 4 mg
- Zinc: 0.22 mg
- Energy: 300 kcal
Honey Benefits for Patients Stomach AcidWe have seen before this bahwamadu have a variety of benefits for the body and one of them is to reduce the production of stomach acid in the mouth. But apparently, this honey is not only able to reduce gastric acid production in the mouth only. Even honey is predicted as a very good medicine for people with stomach acid. namely by turning it into a drink.
According to research from Columbia, honey that is converted into the drink by mixing it with warm water can be the best beverage for people with stomach acid. As quoted Livestrong, researchers considered that the benefits of honey for people with stomach acid can help reflex acid that causes heartburn and helps soothe irritation in the esophagus. Researchers stated that the viscosity of honey may reduce symptoms in gastric acid.
Honey Benefits for HealthHoney is a natural substance that can be used as a remedy for various diseases and also could provide health benefits for our bodies. Vitamins and also a variety of substances contained in honey is able to provide a positive impact on our health. Some of the benefits or the benefits we will get from eating honey, among others:
- Honey is proven to treat a persistent cough and sore throat.
- Honey has antibacterial properties.
- Honey is able to clean the blood and has a positive effect on blood circulation
- Honey has antiseptic properties that are good for treating burns, infected surgical wounds.
- Honey can heal ulcers.
- Honey can be digested by the most sensitive stomachs Yag and helps the kidneys and intestines.
- It increases appetite.
- Honey reduces excretion of stomach acid in the mouth, so as to maintain oral health.
- Honey has a low calorie content, making it suitable for someone on a diet.
- Honey can help the healing process to make it faster.
- Honey can treat a wide range of allergies.
- Honey can reduce pain in the abdomen.
- Honey can eliminate blackheads
- Honey is able mencegar diarrhea and other stomach problems.
- Honey can ease pernafasa disease, etc.
That's some of the benefits of honey that we get. A lot is not it? The benefits of honey for people with stomach acid can be tried as a natural alternative medicine.


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For those unfamiliar with the "Greatest Band on Earth" (as they've dubbed themselves), Tenacious D boasts two origin stories&#Array; both equally unique. The real world duo got their start as members of Tim Robbins' ensemble theatre troupe, the Actor's Gang. It was there that JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) discovered their mutual love for rock 'n' roll. After developing a slew of fan favorite songs revolving around fame, Kielbasa, Dio, friends, idols, drugs, demons and love, the band found itself thrust into the limelight and opening for such well-known acts as Beck, Tool and Pearl Jam. Their 2001 album, Tenacious D, went platinum; they followed this effort up with Tenacious D The Complete Masterworks, a DVD that included their live concert at Brixton Academy plus music videos directed by Spike Jonze and Liam Lynch, as well as Lynch's documentary On the Road with Tenacious D.
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny serves as the band's theatrical origin &#Array; one in which a number of liberties have been taken. Instead of meeting in the Actor's Gang, the film depicts a meeting at Venice Beach where JB, escaping the repressive regime that was his childhood home, is "wowed" by KG's guitar playing skills. After what can be considered a rocky start, the two become roommates and assume a master/student relationship. KG proceeds to instruct JB in the ways of rock 'n' roll &#Array; with lessons on playing for weed, performing in front of a drunk and cantankerous bar crowd, and landing the ultimate power slide.
Upon completing his training, JB joins with KG to form Tenacious D. But when their first performance is met with less than a stellar response, the two determine that they need to write a masterpiece &#Array; a song that will make them the Greatest Band on Earth. Of course, it doesn't take long for them to realize that this is much harder than they ever imagined. But luck is on their side and soon they discover the Pick of Destiny &#Array; a guitar pick forged from the devil's tooth and said to give all in its possession the ultimate musical skills. It resides in the Rock and Roll History Museum &#Array; an impenetrable fortress &#Array; and thus begins The D's greatest adventure: one that pits them against police officers, security guards and Satan himself.
In a surreal sort of way, The Pick of Destiny is reminiscent of Tommy &#Array; what with all the singing and A-list cameo appearances. But the film opts for a more comedic approach then its 1975 predecessor. In fact, it's this reporter's opinion that Black is at his funniest when he's singing &#Array; particularly when the lyrics are off the cuff. (For an example, see the actor's performance of "Encarnaci¿n" in Nacho Libre.) And this movie truly gives Black a platform to flex that particular muscle.
It also provides an outlet for the underdeveloped Gass &#Array; often relegated to "Andrew Ridgeley" (the other guy in Wham!) status. It's great to see him hold his own against Black, more often than not setting up the comedic domino that Black will knock down for the laugh. While his guitar playing and backup singing skills were never in question, this film elevates his straight-man to Bud Abbott levels.
Another pleasant surprise is the number of celebrity cameos that pop up in the movie. A testament to The D's popularity with its peers, such Hollywood funny folk as Ben Stiller (also an executive producer on the project), Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Tim Robbins and more lend their talents to The Pick of Destiny. Not too many to serve as a distraction, it's great to see these comedians take some of the weight off the shoulders of the film's titular duo.
But the movie eventually suffers the same fate as all SNL-inspired features: dragging out what works as a 10-minute comedy sketch into a 90-minute movie. The film's first and third acts are hysterical &#Array; kicking off with a 10-year old JB terrifying his ultra-religious parents with foul-mouthed song lyrics, and ending with the D's rock off against Satan. Child actor Troy Gentile should tour with Tenacious D on all their gigs, he's that good at portraying a young JB. And Dave Grohl's Beelzaboss is believable in both his Legend-inspired look and kick-ass, take no prisoners attitude. But the Sasquatch -centric middle sequence, while a wink and a nod for fans, only serves to bring the film to a screeching halt.
The Pick of Destiny stands as yet another accomplishment for the pop culture phenomenon known as Tenacious D. It provides an imaginary back-story for their legions of fans &#Array; something The D has in common with legendary rock bands like KISS &#Array; and an excuse to release a new album and tour. While it might not compare to its brothers in comedy, seeing JB and KG up on the big screen is enough to make a person forget the film's similarities with A Night at the Roxbury ilk.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A mother accused of abandoning a 14-month-old Maryland boy on the front porch of a stranger's home in central Ohio is scheduled to be arraigned on a child endangerment charge as police searching for him warn he may be dead.
Columbus officers searched Tuesday near a creek with a dive team and helicopter after Dainesha Stevens admitted she and a male acquaintance left the boy, Cameron Beckford, last Friday because they could no longer care for him.
Stevens is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in Franklin County Municipal Court on two felonies, including tampering with evidence. Online court records list no attorney for her.
A missing-child alert was issued after the boy's father told Maryland police the mother had taken Cameron and his 6-year-old sister to an unknown location in mid-December.


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Dextrous Analytics has always prided itself on the ability to meet with the needs of our clients. This culture has driven our product set from dedicated simple solutions tailored to suit demand. This product set has grown from being very specific to retail needs in the market place to a point where we have developed a wider bouquet of products. Dextrous Analytics will remain a retail orientated solution provider,this will not stop our evolution into a comprehensive Technologysolutions provider.
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Our Business Anywhere bouquet is built round the needs of small business. Small business cannot afford to compartmentalising their needs to a service provider per solution, nor are they able to spend time investigating the solutions that they need. Business Anywhere has been designed to address these needs and take the complexity out of IT. Our slogan - Integrity in Technology - is the driving force behind the methodologies and concepts that are core to Business Anywhere.
Technology affords us the ability to provide solutions to Business regardless of where they are. Systems are constructed around the ability to securely operate a business with little infrastructure in place. Often all that is required is a stable internet connection and some strategic tools. Business Anywhere is a concept that was born to facilitate small business on a small budget without compromise.
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McKendree Cemetery
Scioto County, Ohio
This is not a complete listing of burials! The records below were provided by contributors to Cemetery Records Online. Total records = 17.
Contributor's Index:
Cooper, Cora Deloris, b. 1940 d.1942, Our Darling, [DM]
- [DM] Doris Breech Moore [firstname.lastname@example.com]
- [FS] Fran Smith [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Cooper, Kinney, b.1897, d. 1978, 'Dad, In Loving Memory', [DM]
Cooper, Myrtle L. Workman, b. Apr 12,1917, d. Oct 15,1994, [DM]
Cooper, Nancy Ann, b. Jan 15, 1970 d/o Larry & Dorothy, [DM]
Evans, Adaline , b. 28 Sep 1918, d. 18 Apr 1943, w/o Cecil, [FS]
Evans, Cecil Evans, no dates, h/o Adaline, [FS]
Hughes, Wayne Edward, no dates, [FS]
Hunt, Louise, no dates, [FS]
Jackson, Everett, b. 01 Dec 1914, d. 15 Feb 1999, [FS]
McGraw, Edward, b. 21 Mar 1882, d. 27 Oct 1933, [FS]
McGraw, Ethel, no dates, [FS]
McGraw, Joseph Edward, b. 12 Sep 1908, d. 28 Jul 1954, [FS]
McGraw, Rhonda Lynn, no dates, d/o Robert Jr, [FS]
McGraw, Robert Jr., no dates, [FS]
McGraw, Robert Sr, b. 02 Aug 1905, d. 10/1986, [FS]
Miller, Kimberly Sue, b. & d Dec 3,1969, [DM]
Miller, Terry Lynn, b. & d.Nov 23, 1968, [DM]
Ohio Death Records
- Ohio Newspapers, Full Search (1795-1991), 416 titles - GenealogyBank.com
- Ohio Obituary Search - (1985-current) - GenealogyBank.com
- Ohio Funeral Notices - GenealogyBank.com


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Leading company Beneful believes dogs and pet owners should enjoy a
healthy and happy life together. Founded in 2011 by Nestle Purina, the
company's mission is to deliver high quality wellness products to
individuals all across the globe. With over $300 million in annual
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For our Love Yourself This Valentine's campaign, LJ from Wild Cat Fit spoke about not only the importance of self love, but also of managing your inner critic and not letting your own self bring you down. Things are not always as they seem, and your inner mean girl might not necessarily have all the facts!
"I have seen so, so many posts lately embracing the idea of self love but its something I really struggle with. I spent many years of both hating and being ashamed of my body and in turn myself and so the concept of being my own biggest fan is foreign to me.
However, I am never one to back down from a challenge, or let my friends down - so MissFits I am IN for the "Love Yourself This Valentines with MissFits" challenge! I actually started yesterday as I had got it into my head that I had put on weight and wasn't in great shape in January, largely due to being unwell and not training as hard or eating as well. So last night I took my body composition readings on the Boditrax machine with the purpose of it being a starting point for a 28 day plan to get "back in shape" during February.
I was shocked to see that I have not only lost weight since the last time I checked my stats, but lost body fat too - this feeling of being out of shape was all in my head but I had let the nagging doubts get the better of me. I had been letting my insecurities take over when it actual fact my amazing body had still been working hard - and achieving incredible things even though I was hating on it. I was still working out, being active and eating well - sure it wasn't perfect - but when is anything?
So this February, instead of putting myself down and doubting myself I'm going to focus on self love instead. It feels weird right now but maybe I can fall in love over time!"
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Just about everyone enjoys food. After all, it can be pretty delicious, not to mention necessary for survival. Nonetheless, food isn't always so exciting. That is, until now. Check out these awesome food tricks, perfect for enjoying your favorite snacks and meals in a totally unique way.
1. If you're a salad lover, you definitely want to try this one out. Simply add dressing, then toppings and lettuce to a mason jar for an easy to eat salad on the go.
2. Save tacos from spills by using leaves of lettuce to capture morsels that fall out of the shells.
3. Who would have thought cupcakes could get any better?
4. Use your waffle iron to reheat leftover pizza in a jiffy without it getting soggy.
5. You can also use it for making deliciously crispy hashbrowns.
6. Give your french toast some extra flavor by mixing some broken up cereal into the ingredients.
7. Make the best iced coffee ever using broken up cookies and milk to make ice cubes.
8. Make serving ice cream super easy at gatherings.
9. Reduce the mess by putting condiments in a cup carrier when eating on the go.
10. Use pastry dough to make easy snacks and desserts with any ingredients you like.
11. Grab a loaf of bread that hasn't been sliced, cut it yourself and add herbs and cheese. Toast it in the oven, and you have some homemade cheesy breadsticks.
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13. Enjoy Oreo cookies in a whole new way. Dip them in milk, then put them in the freezer for a tasty treat.
14. Did you know Chinese food containers open up into plates for easy eating?
15. Cut slices into a potato, then add toppings and cheese for an extra yummy baked potato.
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Judith Trepp's Minimalist Fusion
|Untitled, 2010, egg tempera, oil and oil stick on linen, 24 x 45.2 in.
Art & Argument experienced a definite high point a couple weeks ago, when the Swiss artist Judith Trepp wrote a nice note of appreciation for a post I did on her work last fall. Thus inspired, I went back to her site to look into her work more deeply. What I discovered was that, while she is a devoted minimalist, she achieves much diversity of expression within that category. Critically, her diverse expressions never appear random or arbitrary.
In her note, Judith was really excited about her new sculptural work, as am I, but I told her that before I turn my attention to that, I wanted to share with readers some of her work from a few years ago that I find really intriguing. In this series (three of which are shown here), Judith creates a fusion of two venerable minimalistic forms: color field and calligraphy. Color field says to the viewer, this is what green looks like and feels like; this is what deep blue looks like and feels like: Sit with that, and don't let your monkey mind convince you another color or feeling is needed now. Calligraphy says, with these few strokes, and the patterns they both create and imply, there is enough to engage one fully, both intellectually and emotionally. I think Judith's fusion is effective, with each part restrained enough to not overwhelm the other.
Not every painting has to be like a Mahler symphony, packed with the full range of human experience. In fact, as I told Judith, I am convinced that in memory, events or periods of life, as complex as they are at the time -- and all experience is surely more complex than we can ever know -- present themselves with a single tone or feeling. We certainly have little trouble assigning a single attribute to entire epochs. I love all three of these, which taken together create a resonant chord.
I'll comment on the one just below, with its field (not background) of beautifully textured grayish blue, and the line-work positioned just so. I had a period -- no, make that, have had periods -- in my life where it seemed there was a darkness, but within that darkness was a vague sense of opening up. The way the black rests on the blue here is both tense and tranquil, and the way the lines suggest an emergent, ever-opening triangle really touches me. In fact I believe that this piece, like all the best art, is speaking on a level that's even deeper than thought and feeling, with a message stronger and more meaningful than my inchoate reflections here can manage.
|Untitled, 2010, oil and oil stick on linen, 31.5 x 47.2 in.
|Untitled, 2007, egg tempera, oil and oil stick on linen, 41.6 x 39.3 in.


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Naomi spends a large portion of her adult life in the dark. In Moab.
She, her husband, and their two boys flee Israel during a time of oppression due to Israel's disobedience. Moses had warned Israel to obey the LORD and promised God's blessing upon them, "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl" (Deut. 28:5). Sadly, Israel disobeyed the LORD and experienced His curse instead, "Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl" (Deut. 28:17).
Naomi and her family experience firsthand the emptiness of basket and kneading bowl due to Israel's disobedience. They move to Moab to escape that curse, only to experience even greater loss—Naomi's husband and sons die. Later, Naomi hears that God has visited His people and that their baskets and kneading bowls are once again full, so she decides to return home. Ruth, one of her daughters-in-law, determines to join her. She'd rather accompany a bitter woman who has a Living God than to return home to her own people, who worship an idol.
Naomi mistakenly believes that God's hand is against her and prematurely (and wrongly) assesses her life, "The Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty . . . . The LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me" (Ruth 1:20-21). She has no idea that the good hand of God is for her and that He is plugging her into His redemptive story.
Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem right on time, at the height of barley harvest. Ruth joins the other women harvesting the fields and providentially finds herself in Boaz's field, where he introduces himself to her and affirms her allegiance to the Living God, "The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge" (2:12). Boaz offers Ruth the leftovers from his fields and his protection. Little do Naomi and Ruth know how much the hand of God is for them!
The beginning of Ruth's story reveals a number of truths:
- It is always too early to assess your life. Naomi prematurely assesses her life and sees only her misery. God takes the difficulties and hardships of life and brings redemption through them.
- God and His redemptive story are the epicenter of your life—not you—and His activity is rarely obvious to the naked eye. When Jacob blesses his son Judah before he dies, he declares, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the obedience of the people" (Gen. 49:10). That Messianic promise dictates the circumstances of Naomi's life.
- Hearing the truth ignites faith, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). Naomi hears that God has visited His people, and she decides to return to Bethlehem.
- It is always better to have God in the dark than to have idols in the light. Both Naomi and Ruth get that!
Questions from today's reading (Ruth 1:1-4:12):
What event prompts Naomi to return to Bethlehem? What does this reveal about faith-based activity?
What had Ruth learned about God from Naomi even in the midst of Naomi's great loss?
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*** Another darker story that just wouldn't let me go until I wrote it. I'm fascinated by the study of people's reactions to traumatic events, especially those who see a lot of tragedy befall others then have to deal with it themselves. Mary's abduction by Spanky's thugs and her ordeal in the basement during Stan by Me could've been extraordinarily worse, and I wrote this story with the premise that the rape had occurred. Mary now finds herself in a situation where she struggles with maintaining her dignity, yet needs to confide to her partner. A lot of anger and frustration that they will both have to deal with. ***
*** The order of events in the investigation following her abduction are changed slightly in this story, but the characters remain the same (and they're not mine) ***
*** Thank you, sfchemist, for your fabulous beta skills, and to freaya for reviewing and encouraging! ***
"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." - Sir Thomas Brown
"Marshall here."
"It's Stan." There was a hesitation, then he continued, "Is she with you?"
Marshall's brow furrowed at his somber tone. "Yes, she didn't want to go home. Why? Is there a problem?"
Stan took a deep breath and Marshall's uneasiness grew while he listened, "I know she asked you not to read her statement and I understand you'll need to honor that."
Marshall stopped preparing the sandwiches and leaned against the counter to concentrate on the conversation, "She needs some time to process things, Stan. I'll let her do that. She'll tell me what she wants me to know when she's ready. What is this about?"
"I had to read her statement in order to put the file together for Headquarters." Again the hesitation before his boss blew out a breath, "It's bad."
Marshall thought back to the sight of Mary in the basement with the shovel in her hand, eyes wide with fear as she backed up. Disheveled, blood spattered, sweaty and bruised. Her clothes awry and torn from struggles, wrists bound and swollen from the chains. She shook and faltered in his embrace, whispering words he couldn't quite understand as she clutched at his shirt.
They had to help her up the stairs, but she stopped them in the kitchen and he saw her visibly pull herself together before exiting the house to face the crowd of cops and arriving medical personnel. Shrugging off their arms, Mary walked out on her own power with her face set and chin high and Marshall had felt a swell of pride. She wouldn't let him ride to the hospital with her, squelching all his protests and insisting she was fine, intent on keeping her own cloak of pride pulled tightly around her.
He pulled his attention back to the present and the phone call. "I know it was bad, Stan. I saw her too."
"Marshall…" Stan began, and Marshall could envision him pacing as he chose his words, rubbing his head, "just…keep her close."
The cryptic statement stirred up tendrils of unease in Marshall's stomach, but he tried to reassure the man on the other end, "I plan to. Keep me informed if there's any updates."
"Yeah. Will do." Stan disconnected and Marshall just stared at the phone, lost in his own thoughts.
Mary watched him from the hallway as he hung up the phone, his conversation too muted for her to have heard the exchange. The shower had washed away the grime, sweat and blood, but it had done nothing to cleanse her soul. She was weary beyond the physical and knew the pain of humiliation and powerlessness would not soon abate. The man standing at the counter was the only human being on this planet that she would trust right now, but the thought of even telling him caused her to shudder. Time…she would need time.
"Who was that?" Mary asked as she slowly walked toward the kitchen.
Marshall startled and nearly dropped his phone and Mary had to chuckle, "Whoa, Cowboy, climb back in the saddle there."
He shook his head at himself with a return grin, "I'm still jacked up on adrenaline I guess. Going to take a while to power down."
"Ya think?" she replied, helping herself to a glass of water and noting the food Marshall was preparing.
He watched her move and catalogued the hitch in her gait, the carefulness as she reached for the glass and his eyes slid over the bruised and scratched face to settle on the colorful wrists. Marshall didn't know why those bruises bothered him the most. The thought of his proud and strong partner bound with chains by men who were the epitome of weakness and cowardice fueled a rage inside of him that would not be so easily extinguished. Bullets were too good for them, and prison a poor excuse for punishment. He wanted to chain them to a wall and let Mary exact her revenge…then he would finish them off for her…for himself.
"Marshall?" Mary was looking at him with concern as she stood at the sink.
Refocusing, he shrugged aside revenge for the time being and made his voice pleasant, "Just some wishful thinking. Are you hungry?"
She made a face as she looked at the food, but didn't look at him. "Not really, but since I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday I guess I should put something in my stomach."
Marshall reached out slowly to set his hand on her shoulder, glad she didn't flinch. "Go sit on the couch before you fall over. I'll bring it to you."
A quick glance at him, then she nodded and moved painfully to the living room. Her mind was racing with memories of the past eighteen hours, her body throbbing and aching in places it shouldn't, her resolve to remain silent and stoic undermined by Marshall's kindness, and Mary's eyes welled up with tears as she sat on the cushions. Taking deep breaths, she willed her eyes dry and surreptitiously wiped at the few tears that fell before her partner could see them. This would not break her, she vowed, it would not crumble her well built walls of protection. This too, shall pass.
Turning on the TV to distract herself, Mary found a show that would appeal to both of them and tried to detach herself from the dark corners of her mind in order to focus on the here and now. It only worked for a few minutes before scenes from an innocuous commercial triggered snippets of fear, and she was lost again.
…gravel digging into her cheek as her limbs failed her…
…desperate contortions to reach a weapon that was useless. Tears of frustration…
…nausea from the smell of sweat and blood…and other things on her face…
…frantic searches for words that would save her, words that would distract…
…pain from blows meant to weaken her…pain from wrists stretched too far…pain from men who laughed…
…fury when faced with death, and rage to power her escape…
Marshall sat the plate in front of her and Mary gasped as she jumped in her seat, one hand flying to her chest as the other grabbed the cushion. She gulped air as she looked at him in relief, "Sorry…like you said, it'll take some time to power down." Marshall was looking at her with concern etched into every line of his face and Mary couldn't meet his eyes so she focused on the food offered.
"This looks good. Thank you."
The flinch and fright in her eyes as he startled her stabbed through him. This was so far from the Mary he knew that he didn't know how to act, didn't know what to say, if anything. Marshall felt like he was walking on eggshells, not knowing when one would break and she would shatter with it. She vibrated with tension and he sensed her own precarious self control was only a moment from crumbling. He didn't want her to have to hold it together for him.
"Mare, you don't have to keep me company. If you'd rather go to bed I'd completely understand." He watched her pick at her sandwich, "I know you're exhausted."
She tilted her head and shrugged, "Even if I fell asleep, I'd end up awake and screaming soon after so I don't see the point," never looking away from the plate of food.
It was the lack of emotion in the statement that twisted his gut. She stated it as fact and he knew it was true, that she would not sleep without nightmares tonight or many nights beyond. He didn't think he would either, but hers would be of real pain while his would be of what ifs. He studied her as she put the plate on her lap, again wincing with the shift in position, picking up a piece of the sandwich and biting into it listlessly. Her eyes were on the TV screen, but he didn't think she was watching the show. Marshall wasn't used to the silence.
She felt him watching her and tried to keep her breaths even while chewing the obviously well prepared sandwich that tasted like dust in her mouth. She just wanted to hide, wanted him to stop looking at her because she knew he knew there was more wrong than just being beat up in a basement. Swallowing, Mary sighed and placed the plate back on the coffee table, turning to face her partner. She looked at him and tried a small smile, then her eyes skated away and focused on his chin.
"I don't know what to say right now, Marshall. I'm a mess…inside and out, and there's a part of me that wants to run as far away from you as I can while there's another part of me that wants to crawl into your lap and bawl. I'm holding it together by a thread right now because I don't want to become some weeping, sobbing mess in your living room, or stand screaming until the neighbors think you're murdering me and call the cops. In fact, I don't even know what I want to do. I don't know how to act when my mind is flying off into so many different directions." Mary couldn't stop the words tumbling out of her mouth, her voice catching occasionally and her hands pinching and twisting the hem of her t-shirt.
Marshall could see her tension building and felt his own nerves twitch as she spoke. He could hear her confusion at the conflicting emotions raging within her and knew she needed a safe place to breakdown. A place of comfort.
"How can I help you?" he asked softly, stilling her hands with his own and slowly working them out of their tight fists within the fabric.
Mary watched his hands manipulate hers, feeling so distanced from her own body that she barely felt his touch, "Tell me how you found me. Help me take my mind off of where I was."
Marshall wasn't sure how this would help her, but she had let her hands stay in his and her voice sounded steadier so he obliged. He told her about Bobby's discovery of her cell phone and the whole route of information that led them to realizing she was missing. He told her about Agent O'Conner and his bad attitude. He answered some of her questions regarding what everyone now knew about her family. She asked about Brandi's involvement and Marshall relayed the information he had gotten from the FBI and their own searches on Spanky and Chuck. Told her about finding the license plate number on her pad of paper and the circuitous route to tracking down the man whose house she was held in.
Mary sat still and listened, Marshall's voice comforting and her brain engaged in the twists and turns of his search for her and the developing story that went with it. She asked a few questions here and there to make sense of things in her own mind, and finally felt herself begin to reconnect with the world around her. The sounds and smells of Marshall's house soothing her as the remembered sounds of shouts and gunfire and smells of mildew and body odor faded away. She felt like there was now an end to what had happened, a point in time in which the nightmare stopped and she got to wake up. It took a moment for her to realize her partner had stopped talking, his thumbs continuing to slowly trace circles on her hands.
"I'm out."
Her words fell into the silence with certainty.
"Yes. You're out and you're here with me. It's over and done."
He knew she was trying to anchor herself in space and time, trying to grab reality and keep it from trying to fly away again.
"Brandi's okay."
"She's fine. We'll deal with that tomorrow…or the next day. They can wait." He'd rip O'Connor to shreds if he tried to push the issue.
She was playing with his fingers now and he let her, giving her the physical distraction that she always needed when thinking things through.
Mary's thought rambled out of her mouth before she could stop it, "I killed a man in cold blood tonight, Marshall. Gunned him down not just because I needed to…but I wanted to." She had a look of disgust on her face.
"You were surviving, Mary. There's no time to think. You just do what you have to." He wished she would look at him, "You can't second guess those actions and you can't punish yourself for them."
It was a conversation they had had before, either one of them on the receiving end.
Pulling her hands away, Mary rubbed her face and sighed through her fingers, bringing her hands to rest over her mouth as she finally looked at him. Her eyes were haunted and filled with emotion. She slowly shook her head as if there was a silent question she was answering. Dropping her hands in her lap, she slowly spoke.
"I'm not second guessing. I'd do it again. I just didn't know I could…and I didn't know it would bother me."
"We're all capable of doing things we didn't know we could when we have to. I walked away from a man who was going to blow himself up. You were going to assassinate people in order to pull me out of a gas station." He swallowed with the difficult memories, "Sometimes we have to turn ourselves over to that part of us that drives on instinct…primitive. What saves us coming out the other side is knowing right from wrong, our capacity for remorse. "
Mary could hear the tremble in his voice and see the emotion played out on his face as he spoke. He had hit the nail on the head. She needed to hear it said; that the actions she had taken with intent could be mourned later without guilt. Not remorse for herself, but mourning for the life she took. The second was no easier than the first, and the hundredth would be just as hard. The day it was easy was the day she handed in her gun.
He saw her relax just a fraction and sighed himself, "Does that put your mind at ease a little?"
Nodding, Mary turned and took a drink of water and then looked at him while worrying her bottom lip, "Are you going to stay up for a while?"
"I'm up as long as you are." There was no way he would sleep until he knew she was tucked in safe and sound.
"Let's just watch a show, okay?"
Marshall could see her thinking about something, but just followed her lead tonight, "Okay, you pick. You know I'm not too choosy."
"Liar. You whine if I pick something you don't like," she teased with a sideways glance and Marshall was happy to be drawn into the brief bickering that ensued while they decided on a show.
Mary flipped through the channels until they settled on a movie they both liked, and before she could change her own mind, leaned over to carefully lay her head on Marshall's thigh and slowly reposition herself until she lay on her side on the couch. The contact nearly undid her, and she blinked rapidly to keep from tearing up. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly, focusing on the show and the warmth of this man she trusted.
She surprised him with the move, but he was glad for the contact. It was Mary's way of inviting him into her space and he made sure to accept it without question. He reached over to snag the blanket from the arm of the couch next to him and spread it over her, smoothing it and keeping one hand resting on her arm as he finished.
"Thanks." Her quiet acceptance was followed by a sigh.
"Are you going to eat that sandwich?" he asked a minute later, concerned by her lack of appetite.
"Not right now. Maybe later." The bite she had taken was sitting in a lump in her stomach and she didn't trust her own digestive system at this time. "I don't think you want to clean your upholstery."
"I thank you for your consideration," he smiled and felt her chuckle.
As he allowed himself comfort in the solid feel of her head on his thigh and his hand on her arm, Marshall thought back to the nearly continuous prayers he had offered up over the last hours. Not a devout man, he wasn't used to turning to his faith in times of need, but now quickly closed his eyes in thanks for prayers seemingly answered. It could easily have gone another way so many times and he could be sitting here alone with no hope of ever seeing her again…touching her again. Gently rubbing her arm, he leaned back and tried to relax both mind and body as he turned his attention to the movie.
Mary could not keep her mind on the movie for more than a minute or two as voices echoing in her head continued to fight their way into her awareness. The memories of mocking and crude taunting by her captors that evolved into threats and whispered promises made her stomach roil again, and she tried to shove the thoughts back down into the far recesses of her mind. Tried to think of the damage she had done to them initially, her victory in staying alive and keeping all her fingers by bargaining, the feel of her weapon discharging as she was finally free. Thoughts that made her feel stronger, steady.
She felt herself become drowsy and closed her eyes with the hope of falling into the abyss of sleep uneventfully.
Marshall felt her breathing change and knew she had fallen asleep. He smiled down at her and was glad she was able to find some escape from pain and fear. She had pulled her hair into a loose ponytail after the shower and her cheek and neck were exposed as she lay on her side. Scratches and the smudges of bruises were scattered here and there, but Marshall's eyes were suddenly drawn to a reddened ring on the side of her neck just above her collarbone. He held his breath as he squinted at the mark, then blew it out very slowly as his gut tightened with the recognition of a human bite mark.
She had told them about the attempted rape during her ordeal while they were at the police station. He had picked her up from the hospital to bring to the station in order to give a statement, and Mary decided to give him, Stan and Bobby a brief overview of the events during the kidnapping. Lumped the disturbing event together with the shooting, bargaining and ultimate homicide in self defense. He had watched her stumble over the words a bit and hug her arms with the retelling, but Mary had glossed over any details and seemed to shake it off pretty thoroughly by the time she had gone off to give her formal statement to a junior detective. She refused to let Bobby be pulled away from his work with the Inspectors. Marshall had offered to go with her, but she waved him off with a well practiced glare and he knew not to push the issue.
But now the physical reminder of the near violation caused his skin to crawl. Even if he didn't harbor feelings beyond friendship for this woman, that bruised ring marring her skin would've still provoked the flare of protective instinct strong enough to make him grind his teeth. The thought of that scumbag on the floor touching and groping her made him want to go back into that house and empty another clip into the dead man's head…or other body parts. Again the scenarios of what might have been swirled through his mind and Marshall did not want to think beyond the word 'attempted'. Rape was a heinous crime against any woman, but his partner was precious to him, and violence of that nature would need to be avenged. Quickly. Savagely.
Mary must've been furious, he knew, unrelenting in her defense with intent to maim and kill. For anyone to put her in a position of vulnerability and powerlessness would be akin to trapping a wild animal. They would both rather gnaw their own limbs off than to accept defeat. And if defeat would've been dealt to her, Marshall didn't know how she would react. She may rant and rave, she may hide, she may even break. Life had thrown many things at Mary Shannon, and she had whipped them all back with extra speed and a curse, but being held down and beaten…Marshall shook his head to banish the disturbing thoughts. It didn't happen, and Mary was asleep and safe on his lap. Knocked a bit off kilter, to be sure, but in one piece and still herself.
He tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and gently brushed his fingers over the bite mark as if to deliver a soothing balm. It was at these times, when she was unaware of being watched and off guard that Marshall truly saw the woman beneath the hard exterior. Soft skin, graceful curves and a delicate nature to her bones. He had heard some of his colleagues jokingly wonder if she was a man in disguise due to her abrasive personality and propensity to violence, but he only had to think of these glimpses into femininity to bring a private smile to his face. He may tease her himself, but she was most definitely a girl. Marshall leaned back to try to turn his attention to the show.
It was the smell in her dream that drove her to wake, the smell of unwashed hair infused with cigarette smoke. The man's head tucked into her neck as he clutched at her from behind while she kicked at him. He laughed as he bit her and Mary yelled in frustration when his hands were undeterred in their mission of undressing her. She caught his kneecap with a boot finally, but her victory was short lived as his companion then jumped in to help. Mary frantically pulled at the bolt. Trapped. Overpowered. "Marshall!" she screamed in her head.
"Marshall!" Mary yelled hoarsely, sitting up abruptly and pulling off the blanket to throw it on the floor as if it was going to bite her.
Marshall startled just as badly, pushing back into the cushions with his hands held up in front of him as he watched her struggle to reorient herself. She looked panicked and he tried to help, talking in a low and steady voice.
"Mary, I'm right here. You're at my house. You're on my couch. I'm right here."
Mary heard him and her eyes slowly focused on his form in the dim living room, the bluish light from the TV flickering over his features. She was shaking from the adrenaline produced in the dream, sweating from exertion and disgust as she could still feel their hands on her. Forcing herself to sit still and calm down, she took deep breaths, leaned forward slightly and held onto the couch as she talked to her partner.
"I'm good. Just a dream." Her throat was so dry she barely scratched out a whisper, "Shit."
"I'm going to get up and get you another glass of water, okay?" Marshall wanted to make sure she knew he was going to move before he did it. Didn't want to startle or alarm her with his actions.
Mary looked over at him and nodded slowly, "Yeah…yeah. That'll be good. I'm okay."
Marshall rose and looked down at her, "You're a far way from okay, Mare."
She stared up at him with an unreadable look for a moment, then replied, "I'll get there. Being here is a start."
He brought back the water, shaky himself as his recent thoughts made the whole situation even more tense and fraught with emotion. Mary took the glass from him with two hands and drank it down quickly, thirsty to the core.
"Dammit, Marshall. How the hell am I going to get some rest if I'm having nightmares twenty minutes after I fall asleep?" Mary was frustrated, "Maybe you should just knock me out, I'm sure you have some magic choke hold that'll do the trick?" She was only half kidding and grinned weakly at him.
Her request made him grimace, but he could understand her reasoning. He, too, was exhausted and could only imagine the tiredness she felt after fighting for her life for a full day.
"I've still got some meds from when I took that bullet. They might help," he offered, seeing her weigh the decision.
Mary hated to take medication and she rarely took anything stronger than an Advil if she could help it.
"You're in pain, Mare, I can see it. They would take the edge off…let you relax physically."
"What are they?" She didn't want to take anything but his argument was valid and her pain had not gotten any better since she had arrived at her partner's house.
"Percocet…and some Xanax if you want that too."
"Planning a party?" she teased with a half smile, knowing that her partner hated to take meds as much as she did, and he probably had a whole bottle left over of both.
He shrugged with a return grin, "Nah, just waiting for the street value to go up a notch. Gonna buy me a new shoulder holster."
Mary had to chuckle with the drawl and Marshall smiled to see her relax just a smidge.
Sobering, Mary decided to give the meds a try. She wasn't planning on going anywhere or talking to anyone, so if she was off her game it wouldn't matter.
"If I took both I'd probably sleep for days, so let's just try the pain meds for now."
Marshall gave her a thumbs up and went to retrieve the meds and Mary stood to stretch and take the dishes into the kitchen. She had stiffened up again and her first couple of steps only served to assure her the pain medicine was a good decision. She was bruised, scraped and cut…the worst injuries being her wrists and the damage done by the men. The doctor and nurse at the hospital tried to convince her to fill the prescription, but she waved them off just as she waved off their advice to spend the night. The only medicine she would take was the Tylenol and the contraceptive. Thank God she was already on the pill.
The hospital visit had been torturous in itself, having to tell the story twice and suffer through the exam. The SANE nurse was wonderful, really, but there was nothing anyone could've done to make it easy, to make it less violating, humiliating and painful.
She was glad both men were dead, glad they both lay in that house lifeless when she left. She would never have to testify against them and drag the whole ugly mess out into the light of day for people to point and whisper. That was her biggest fear, honestly, that those who knew and respected her would look at her differently. Feel pity for her and view her as less than she was. Especially those close to her…Stan…and Marshall. She was going to have to tell him, and the thought made her stomach turn again and spurred her to hurry to the bathroom.
She nearly bowled him over as she rushed into the bathroom and shut and locked the door, and Marshall stood in the hallway perplexed, then concerned as he heard her be sick. Not wanting to linger outside the door and embarrass her, he headed into the kitchen to set down the medications and give her a minute to recover.
Leaning both hands on the counter and flexing his shoulders, Marshall knew something would have to give. He needed her to talk about her ordeal because he could barely stand not knowing anymore, but he knew he couldn't push her as that would result in a shut down and she would retreat. He remembered his own volatile emotions after being shot, the need to internalize everything so you had time to sort out your own feelings before having to deal with the reactions of others. Rage, fear and vulnerability too close to the surface to tolerate the comfort of others without shattering into a million pieces. Mary would be juggling that now, he chastised himself, and he needed to give her the time to regroup. Calling upon patience and understanding, he walked back to the bathroom.
He knocked softly, "Mary? You okay in there?"
Mary was sitting on the floor with her back against the tub, a cool rag on her forehead as the nausea subsided to leave her weak. She didn't want to talk to him, yet wanted to tell him everything. The conflict was tearing her up. Why was this so hard to talk to him about? Why did it bring tears to her eyes to think of saying the words…telling the story to him? She could tell Marshall anything. They talked about things that would make other people cover their ears and sing in order to avoid hearing them. What made this so awful? Why did it make her feel stripped bare and raw? Mary now knew…knew why women never reported the crime.
Her lack of response was a bit alarming and he called again, "Mare…I can unlock the door from out here you know. Talk to me."
"I'm fine, Marshall. I'll be out in a minute. Stop hovering." Mary tried to put a snap into her tone.
He wasn't buying it, but gave her a little wiggle room, "If you're not out in five minutes, I'm coming in." Shaking his head at her answering mutter, Marshall went back to the living room to wait for her.
She appeared a few minutes later, pale and tired looking, and stood near the couch with her arms hugging her elbows, just looking at him. He could see her weighing options in her head, but didn't know what the dilemma was, so he just sat and waited.
Mary studied her partner as he regarded her from the couch, his face and posture so familiar and comforting to her after all these years. She had come over here instead of going home in order to try to salvage the small amount of pride and dignity she had left, and found even that slipping out of her grasp as words tumbled about in her head.
"Just say it, Mary," she prodded herself, "just tell him. Tell him about the cowards who made sure the fight wasn't fair. Tell him how you thought of him to keep yourself from going insane while your world fractured. Tell him you fought…fought until you could do nothing but just breathe. He'll tell you everything will be all right. He'll tell you you're still Mary."
Her jaw remained stubbornly set and her lips closed, and Mary felt tears of frustration gather in her eyes as the words in her head would not emerge.
Marshall saw her distress and stood to place his hands on her shoulders, "Hey, it's going to be all right. It will."
Mary dropped her eyes and swallowed, then stepped back out of his grasp, weakly stating, "It's been a long day. I'm going to bed." She glanced up at him again quickly, then turned to walk painfully to the bedroom.
He slowly let his arms drop as he watched her retreat. She had shut down. He saw it happen as she stood there and there was nothing he could do but let her go.
He checked on her about a half hour later and she seemed to be sound asleep. Marshall was still keyed up, so decided to give Stan a call to prepare for morning.
"Anything new?" he asked his boss after the man answered, "Spanky decide to spill his guts? If not, I've got a few ideas for the questioning in the morning."
Stan swore quietly before slowly speaking, "Marshall, the FBI took custody. He's not ours anymore."
"What?!" Marshall was on his feet as he spat, "That's not a pissing contest they would win. Who the fuck made that decision?" He could practically see spots in front of his eyes he was so mad.
"O'Connor wouldn't give me details, but my guess is Spanky's going to roll over on a lot of people. He's got nothing to lose…he's looking at the death penalty. Unfortunately, I think he's planning on implicating Mary in order to stroke O'Conner's ego and try to finagle a reprieve." Stan knew the last part would only further anger Marshall, but he didn't want the man to learn about it from anyone else.
"Jesus Christ, Stan," Marshall was pacing, trying to keep his voice low so not to disturb Mary, "I swear to God I'll kill them both if they try to take her down. Find something to derail them."
"O'Connor's on a mission, but we may have something to use on Spanky. I need your expertise, though." Stan tried to focus his Inspector.
Marshall stared at the ceiling and tried to calm down, "Okay, but I'm not coming in until morning. She's finally asleep."
"How is she?" Stan's quiet question was filled with concern.
"She's Mary. She's not going to stay down, she's going to want to be involved in the case from every angle, and the best thing we can do for her right now is support that."
Stan was quiet for a moment then hesitantly asked, "She talk anymore about what happened?"
"She talked about having to shoot a man, but that's about it. I got her to take some pain meds and she went to bed. Not real forthcoming right now. I would expect her to be more abusive than usual for the next week or so until she regains her footing."
"I have to release her statement tomorrow," Stan warned.
"I'm sure she knows that, Stan," Marshall was becoming irritated, "Just let her have this little bit of control over the whole situation with me. She wants to tell me about it outside of a piece of paper for her own reasons and that's fine. I'm sure you can keep mum for a while longer?"
Stan knew he could, but there would be others who couldn't. "I'll respect her wishes."
Marshall could hear the reluctance in his boss' voice and offered his own advice, "Oh, and don't coddle her. She's liable to cut off your head…or other vital body parts if she thinks you're treating her favorably because of this whole mess."
Stan sometimes wondered if the tight partnership of Mary and Marshall was more than it seemed, but he was never so glad for that connection as he was now. Marshall knew her better than anyone, and Stan knew Mary wouldn't trust anyone else right now. She was in the best place she could be.
"See if you can get her to go home for a while tomorrow and get your ass into the office to plot with me," Stan ordered, "The sooner we get a crack at the FBI's case the better."
Marshall agreed and disconnected, intent on getting to Spanky one way or the other…almost hoping O'Connor would get in his way. Shutting down the lights, he readied himself for bed and checked in on his partner one last time. He wondered if he should just sleep in the chair in case she awoke with nightmares, then figured that would piss her off and just made sure both her door and his were open so he could hear her if she called.
He awoke to the sound of the shower before dawn, and it took a few moments to remember that Mary was there. Marshall was worried he had slept through a nightmare, and lay awake until he heard the water shut off and her emerge from the bathroom. Not wanting to startle her, he just called out from his room.
"You need anything, Mare?"
There was a pause before she replied, "No. Thanks. Just needed a shower. Go back to sleep."
"You'll come get me if you need me, right?"
He wanted to make sure she understood his true willingness to be there for her.
"Scout's honor," she promised with a smile, using his usual response.
A half hour later Marshall felt the mattress on the other side of the bed dip as his partner tried to carefully crawl in without waking him. He dutifully scooted over to make room, and she whispered her thanks as she hunkered under the covers, careful to stay on her own side. Marshall rolled so he could surreptitiously peek at her from under his eyelids.
"I know you're looking at me. Your eyelids are twitching." A corner of her mouth curled up with humor.
He grinned in return as he opened his eyes, "Caught. Bad dreams?"
Mary nodded, "And too many shadows. This is better."
"You want me to put some pillows down the middle?" he didn't want to accidentally roll into her and scare her.
She snorted and reached over to smack his arm lightly, "I'm not scared of you, nitwit. And I'm usually the one to invade your side anyway."
They had had occasion to share a bed a number of times over the years, and Marshall normally had to extricate himself from his snoring partner the next day. She roamed while she slept.
"Okay, just don't cripple me if I roll over on you."
"Whatever. Go back to sleep." Mary curled up and closed her eyes, finally feeling drowsy again as the scents of Marshall's bed and his physical presence soothed her and she could relax. She knew he was still watching her, but just ignored him and felt sleep close in.
Marshall watched her face relax as she fell asleep, and then allowed himself to follow.
He woke to his quiet alarm about two hours later and Mary was curled up against his back, whether in seeking warmth or comfort, he didn't know, but he was reluctant to disturb her. Trying to keep his movements smooth and small, he slid out of the bed without waking her and headed off to the shower as he needed to meet Stan at the office by eight.
Marshall came and sat on the edge of the bed as he was ready to leave.
"Mary," he called softly, only able to see a tousled thatch of blonde hair peeking above the covers, "Hey, Mare…Mary." She grunted and burrowed under the covers even more, hair disappearing.
He was going to have to pull out the big guns, and grinned as he tugged down the blankets slightly, "Sweetie pie…" he singsonged teasingly.
"You're just itching for a fat lip, buddy," came the indignant, muffled voice from within the linens and he smiled.
"Good, I've got your attention now."
Mary peeked out from under the edge of the cover and blinked at him, "What? What do you want?"
"I'm heading into the office to work with Stan on some leads for the case and some ammunition against O'Connor. I wanted to make sure you'll be okay here by yourself." His gaze was assessing and he saw her eyes open a little wider with a quick glance around the room, so he added, "I'll stay if you want me to."
Mary looked back at him, and despite a little uncertainty about being alone, was not going to let fear get the better of her, "No. You don't need to. I'll be fine."
Her partner stared at her for a moment more and she knew he sensed her reluctance.
"Marshall, I'll be fine. I'll call you later, okay?"
"Okay…and call if you need me to come back. I'll leave your phone here on the nightstand. Your weapon and badge are in the front drawer and I'm leaving you the keys to my truck. I'm going to take the SUV."
"Sounds good." Mary gave him a small smile, then rolled over to go back to sleep, wincing with the movement and realizing she may have some limitations.
She heard him move to the door and reluctantly called, "Hey, Marshall?"
"Can you leave me the SUV instead? I don't think I'm up to clutch work today," she asked, trying to be vague.
Realizing she would've stiffened up , Marshall agreed quickly, "Absolutely. The keys will be in the drawer too."
Mary mumbled her thanks and allowed herself to fall back into sleep before she got to thinking about the day ahead of her. Marshall watched her for a few more minutes, then sighed as he headed out the door after switching the keys. As much as he hated to leave her, he knew she would need the time alone to regroup and she was perfectly safe at his house.
*** She just couldn't tell him, and it'll get harder and harder. Please let me know what you think and if you would like more of the story. I'm a slave to the REVIEWS. ***


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